There are many benefits to becoming an IEEE Senior Member:

• The professional recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence
  
• An attractive fine wood and bronze engraved Senior Member plaque to proudly display.
  
• Up to $25 gift certificate toward one new Society membership.
  
• A letter of commendation to your employer on the achievement of Senior member grade (upon the request of the newly elected Senior Member.)
  
• Announcement of elevation in Section/Society and/or local newsletters, newspapers and notices.
  
• Eligibility to hold executive IEEE volunteer positions.
  
• Can serve as Reference for Senior Member applicants.
  
• Invited to be on the panel to review Senior Member applications.

The requirements to qualify for Senior Member elevation are a candidate shall be an engineer, scientist, educator, technical executive or originator in IEEE-designated fields. The candidate shall have been in professional practice for at least ten years and shall have shown significant performance over a period of at least five of those years.”
To apply, the Senior Member application form is available in 3 formats: Online, downloadable, and electronic version. For more information or to apply for Senior Membership, please see the IEEE Senior Member Program website: http://www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/smprogram.html

New Senior Members
The following individuals were elevated to Senior Membership Grade thru January:

Neal G. Anderson
Bill R. Baker
Bradley W. Baumeister
Juan Capmany
Chan Kwok Chuen
William W. Clark
Xavier N. Fernando
Michael Y. Frankel
Naomi J. Halas
David J. Klotzkin
Xun Li
Karen W. Markus
Mohammad A. Matin
Harvey N. Rutt
Graham E. Town
Din Ping Tsai
Jonathan C. Twichell
Jianjun Yu